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In Service Portal, reference variable does not honor the "Order" column of the referenced table. - Support and Troubleshooting
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KB0743165

In Service Portal, reference variable does not honor the "Order" column of the referenced table.


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KB Summary by Now Assist

Issue

In Service Portal, the reference variable list is sorted by the "Name" column rather than the "Order" column even if the table is sorted by Order field. 

Table:

Platform:

Service Portal:

Release

All releases

Resolution

The reference list in Service Portal can be configured to be sorted by Order column using the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the reference variable.
  2. Go to the Default Value tab.
  3. In the Variable Attributes field, add the following: ref_ac_order_by=order 
  4. Save and test on Service Portal. 

Related Links

Service Catalog variable attributes


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